Univision to Commemorate 10th Anniversary of 9/11 with Special Coverage across All its Platforms

08/19/11. Univision PR

Broadcast Plans include Special Edition of “Al Punto” and “9/11- Diez Años Despues” (9/11 – 10 Years Later) Special and Extensive Coverage across Digital Platforms and Local Univision Radio and TV Stations around the Country

Univision Network News Anchors Jorge Ramos and Edna Schmidt will be Live from Ground Zero

New York, NY – AUGUST 19, 2011 – Univision Communications, the premier media company serving Hispanic America, announced today its coverage plans for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. Univision will feature special segments and interviews as well as live news reports from various locations in New York City, including Ground Zero, and Washington, D.C., via the Univision Network, Univision Radio and UnivisionNuevaYork.com online and mobile websites, as well as social media. Special reports will range from how the United States has changed since the attacks to interviews with survivors, Hispanics who helped build the 9/11 memorial to underground security in New York and those suffering post-9/11 syndrome. In addition to coverage from Univision TV stations around the country, WXTV Univision 41 in New York has been featuring special reports in the weeks and days ahead of the tenth anniversary and will be broadcast across the networks coast-to-coast the morning of from 7 to 8 a.m. ET.

Univision’s schedule for 9/11 programming follows:

Week of September 5 -

Special segments on Univision Network’s morning show “Despierta America” (Wake up America), throughout the week. Show airs from 7:00-10:00 a.m./6:00-9:00 a.m. Central.

“Primer Impacto” will feature coverage with Univision News reporter Nayeli Chavez-Geller live from New York. Show airs at 5:00 p.m./4:00 p.m. Central.

Univision Network News correspondents Blanca Rosa Vilchez and Lourdes Meluza will report live from New York City and Washington, D.C., respectively.

Tuesday, September 6-

“Aqui y Ahora” (Here and Now) will air a special edition focused on 9/11 with hosts Teresa Rodriguez and Maria Elena Salinas in Miami. Show airs at 10:00pm/9:00pm Central

Friday, September 9- Live Coverage from Ground Zero

“Despierta America” co- anchor, Raul Gonzalez will host live.

Network evening news “Noticiero Univision” (6:30 p.m.)

Saturday, September 10 -

“Noticiero Univision” weekend edition will be anchored by Edna Schmidt live from Ground Zero with reports from correspondent Blanca Rosa Vilchez in New York and Lourdes Meluza in Washington, D.C.

Sunday, September 11 – LIVE COAST-TO COAST COVERAGE FROM NEW YORK CITY ACROSS ALL TIME ZONES

7:00 a.m. – Local coverage from WXTV Univision 41

8:00-10:00 a.m. – “9/11 – Diez Años Despues” (“9/11 – 10 Years Later”) live coast-to-coast special hosted by Jorge Ramos and Edna Schmidt from Ground Zero in New York with reports on the victims and survivors. Blanca Rosa Vilchez in New York and Lourdes Meluza in Washington, D.C. will also report.

10:00-11:00 a.m. – special edition of “Al Punto,” hosted live by Jorge Ramos from Ground Zero. Special reports and interviews including segments on restoration of the 9/11 flag; interviews with Hispanic children who were with former President Bush at Emma Booker Middle School (Sarasota, FL) on the day of the attack.

Following live coverage, network evening news will air in regularly scheduled time – “Noticiero Univision” at 6:30 pm ET/PT (5:30 p.m. Central) will be hosted by Ramos and Schmidt; and the 11:30 p.m. edition hosted by Schmidt. Both newscasts will be broadcast from Ground Zero.

Additionally, special reports covering the anniversary of 9/11 will be broadcast across Univision Radio stations around the country.

Full online and mobile coverage of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is available on UnivisionNuevaYork.com. The site features a video gallery celebrating the commemoration and memorials held throughout the past 10 years, names of victims, and additional content to memorialize the day. It will also highlight videos, photos and recaps from Univision 41’s and local Univision Radio station coverage of the tenth anniversary.

Univision’s award-winning News division is committed to informing the country’s fastest growing segment across all media platforms, including TV, Radio and Interactive. Hispanics count with the latest and most relevant content that impact the community through: Univision’s evening, late evening and weekend national newscasts, “Noticiero Univision”; political Sunday affairs program, “Al Punto”; newsmagazine programs “Aqui y Ahora” and “Primer Impacto”; as well as morning news on “Despierta America.” Univision also hosts statewide Public Affairs shows, “Voz y Voto,” in Texas, California and Puerto Rico. In the past six months, Univision has expanded its network and local news operations by adding Investigative and Documentary Units, as well as adding and expanding local newscasts in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Raleigh.